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    COTTON COLLEGE STATE UNIVERSITY

    DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

    Philosophy Postgraduate Syllabus

    DISTRIBUTION OF PAPERS/CREDITS (L+T+P format)

    Semester I

    Paper Code Paper Name Credits PHL 701C Western Metaphysics 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 702C Indian Metaphysics 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 703C Introduction to Modern Logic 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 704C Ethical Theories 3 + 1 + 0 An Elective Paper to be decided by the Department

    from the list given in this syllabus 2 + 1 + 0

    Semester II

    Paper Code Paper Name Credits PHL 801C Western Epistemology 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 802C Indian Epistemology and Logic 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 803C Contemporary Political philosophy 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 804C Analytic Philosophy 3 + 1 + 0 An Elective Paper to be decided by the Department

    from the list given in this syllabus 2 + 1 + 0

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    Semester III

    Paper Code Paper Name Credits PHL 901C Problems in Indian Moral and Social Philosophy 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 902C Asian Philosophy 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 903C Phenomenology and Existentialism 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 904C Philosophy of Religion 3 + 1 + 0 An Elective Paper to be decided by the Department

    from the list given in this syllabus 2 + 1 + 0

    Semester - IV

    Paper Code Paper Name Credits PHL 1001C Contemporary Indian thought 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 1002C Recent Trends in Continental Philosophy 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 1003C Feminist Philosophy 3 + 1 + 0 PHL 1004C Research Paper 0 + 2 + 2 An Elective Paper to be decided by the Department

    from the list given in this syllabus 2 + 1 + 0

    Elective Papers

    Paper Code Paper Name Credits PHL 1201E Practical Ethics 2 + 1 + 0 PHL 1202E Philosophy of Arts 2 + 1 + 0 PHL 1203E Philosophy of Science 2 + 1 + 0 PHL 1204E Sankara Vedanta 2 + 1 + 0 PHL 1205E Gandhian Thought 2 + 1 + 0

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    SEMESTER-I Paper: PHL 701C

    WESTERN METAPHYSICS

    Credits: 4 (3+1+0)

    Unit I- Ancient Greek Metaphysics: Aristotles critique of Platos theory of ideas; his solution hylomorphism; his teleological account of causality. Unit II Substance: Cartesian dualism; Spinozist monism; Leibnizian monadism.

    Unit III Causality: Humean attack on causality.

    Unit IV Idealism: Berkeleian subjective idealism and Hegelian absolute idealism. Reading List :

    1. Cooper, David E., ed. 200. Metaphysics: The Classic Readings. Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell.

    2. Taylor, Richard. 1991. Metaphysics, Series: Foundations of Philosophy. New Delhi: Prentice Hall.

    3. Copleston, Frederick. 1993. A History of Philosophy, 11 Volumes. New York: Image. (relevant portions).

    4. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/ (relevant articles)

    SEMESTER-I Paper: PHL 702C

    INDIAN METAPHYSICS

    Credits: 4 (3+1+0)

    Unit I Theory of causation: Satkaryavada of Samkhya; Asatkaryavada/ Arambhavada of Nyaya; Pratityasamutpadavada of Buddhism; Vivartavada of Advaita; Brahma-parinamavada of Visistadvaita.

    Unit II Theory of the physical world: World as manifestation or evolution of Prakrti in Samkhya; World as a product of atoms in Vaisesika; World as vyavaharika satta in Advaita; World as inseparable from Brahman in Visistadvaita (aprtaksidhi).

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    Unit III Theories of reality (Sat): Vaisesika view of padarthas; Sat as eternal reality in Samkhya and Vedanta; Sat as eternal and non-eternal in Jainism; Sat as momentary in Buddhism; Sat in Carvaka materialism.

    Unit IV Theory of human essence (Jiva/Atman): In the Samkhya-Yoga; in Advaita; In Visistadvaita; In Buddhism; In Jainism; In Carvaka. Reading List :

    1. Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli. 1967. A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press

    2. Phillips, Stephen H. 1997. Classical Indian Metaphysics. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. 3. Hiriyana, M. 1993. Outlines of Indian Philosophy. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. 4. Dasgupta, Surendranath. 2000. History of Indian Philosophy, 5 Volumes Set. New Delhi:

    Motilal Bnarsidass, (relevant portions) 5. Potter, Karl H. 2011. The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Currently in 19 Volumes. New

    Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, (relevant portions).

    SEMESTER-I Paper: PHL 703C

    INTRODUCTION TO MODERN LOGIC

    Credits: 4 (3+1+0)

    Unit I Propositional logic: Logic and the nature of argument; Truth and validity; Symbolic logic; Truth functions; Techniques of symbolization; Proof construction; Shorter truth table technique.

    Unit II Quantification theory: Singular and general propositions; Techniques of symbolization; Quantification rules; Proof construction; Logical truth involving quantifiers

    Unit III The logic of relations: Symbolizing relations; Arguments involving relations; Attributes of relations; Identity and definite description.

    Unit IV Introduction to set theory: Definition of sets; Basic operations; Venn diagrams; Relations, Binary relations, Equivalence relations; Ordering relations; Operations on relations; Functions; Operations on functions. Reading List :

    1. Jacquette, Dale, ed. 2001. Philosophy of Logic: An Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell. 2. Copi, Irving M., and Carl Cohen. Introduction to Logic. 11th Edition. Harlow, UK: Pearson. 3. Copi, Irving M. 2009. Symbolic Logic. Fifth Edition. New Delhi: Prentice Hall India. 4. Klenk, Virginia. 2007. Understanding Symbolic Logic. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

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    5. Suppes, Patrick. 1999. Introduction to Logic, Series: Dover Books on Mathematics. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications.

    6. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/ (relevant articles).

    SEMESTER-I Paper: PHL 704C

    ETHICAL THEORIES

    Credits: 4 (3+1+0) Unit I Virtue ethics: Aristotles virtue ethics (Eudaimonism) .

    Unit II Utilitarian ethics: Its hedonism, consequentialism and maximization scheme; Mills improved utilitarianism;Problems with utilitarianism; Contemporary improvements:Rule utilitarianism and act utilitarianism, and their problems.

    Unit III Deontological ethics: Kants notion of theoretical and practical reason; ethics as practical reason; Categorical imperatives; Principle of humanity and the autonomous moral subject.

    Unit IV Metaethics: Moral realism; Moral naturalism and non-naturalism; Freewill and moral responsibility; Moral relativism and moral nihilism. Reading List :

    1. Sher, George. 2012. Ethics: Essential Readings in Moral Theory. New York: Routledge. Deigh, John. 2010. An Introduction to Ethics. Series name: Cambridge Introductions to

    Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2. Pojman, Louis. 2005. How should we Live?: An Introduction to Ethics. Belmont, CA:

    Wordsworth. 3. Miller, Alexander. 2013. Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction. Cambridge: Polity

    Press. 4. Darwall, Stephen. 1997. Philosophical Ethics, Series: Dimensions of Philosophy. Boulder,

    CO: Westview Press 5. Follesdal, Andreas, and Reidar Maliks, eds. 2014. Kantian Theory and Human Rights, Series:

    Routledge Innovations in Political Theory. New York: Routledge. 6. Copp, David, ed. 2006. The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory. Oxford: Oxford University

    Press. 7. Russell, Daniel C. 2013. The Cambridge Companion to Virtue Ethics. Cambridge:

    Cambridge University Press. 8. Copleston, Frederick. 1993. A History of Philosophy, 11 Volumes. New York: Image.

    (relevant portions). 9. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/

    (relevant articles)

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    SEMESTER-II Paper: PHL 801C

    WESTERN EPISTEMOLOGY

    Credits: 4 (3+1+0) Unit I Knowledge as justified true belief; The Gettier problem; Responses to it

    Unit II Rationalism-empiricism debate: Cartesian method of doubt and modern epistemological foundationalism; Spinozas threefold division of knowledge; Leibniz on knowledge; Rationalist notion of innate ideas and Lockes critique of it; Lockes account of knowledge acquisition; Berkeleys idealistic empiricism; Humes skeptical empiricism; Relations of ideas and matters of fact.

    Unit III Kants critical idealism: Kants Copernican revolution; Notion of the transcendental; Structure of sensibility, imagination and understanding; Division of judgments and possibility of synthetic a priori judgments; Transcendental idealism.

    Unit IV Correspondence and coherence theories of truth. Reading List :

    1. Cahn, Steven M., ed. 2012. Classics of Western Philosophy, Eighth Edition. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing

    2. Pojman, Louis P. 2003. Theory of Knowledge: Classic and Contemporary Readings, Third Edition. Andover, UK: Cengage Learning.

    3. Rescher, Nicholas. 2003. Epistemology: An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge, Series: SUNY Series in Philosophy. Albany, NY: State University of New York

    4. Crumley II, Jack S. 2009. An Introduction to Epistemology, Second Edition, Series: Broadview Guides to Philosophy. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press.

    5. Copleston, Frederick. 1993. A History of Philosophy, 11 Volumes. New York: Image. (relevant portions).

    6. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/ (relevant articles).

    SEMESTER-II Paper: PHL 802C

    INDIAN EPISTEMOLOGY AND LOGIC

    Credits: 4 (3+1+0)

    Unit I The close relation between logic, epistemology and metaphysics in Indian philosophy; The necessity to refute all other systems in order to establish ones own system of

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    philosophy; The Indian method of purvapaksa and sidhanta; Anviksiki and anumiti

    Unit II Theories of error (Kyativada): Carvakas asat-kyativada; Yogacara Buddhists atma-kyativada; Prabhakara mimamsakas akyativada; Naiyayikas anyatha-kyativada; Advaitins anirvacaniya-kyativada; Madhvas Abhinava anyata-khyativada; Bhatta mimamsakas viparitakyativada; Samkyas sadasadkyativada; Visistadvaitins satkyativada; Debate about the status of dream cognition

    Unit III Valid means of knowledge (pramana): pratyaksa, anumana, sabda, upamana, arthapatti, anupalabdi; The special status of sabda pramana; Svatahpramanyavada and paratahpramanyavada; Valid (prama) and invalid (aprama) cognition;

    Unit IV Anumana pramana: Definition, constituents and types of anumana in Nyaya and Buddhism; inductive elements in Indian logic: vyaptigrahopaya, samanya laksana pratyasatti, tarka, upadhi Reading List :

    1. Prasad, Jwala. 1987. History of Indian Epistemology, Third Edition. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal.

    2. Barlingay, Surendra Sheodas. 1965. A Modern Introduction to Indian Logic. New Delhi: National Publishing House.

    3. Matilal, Bimal Krishna. 1992. Perception: An Essay on Classical Indian Theories of Knowledge, Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. New York: Oxford University Press.

    4. Matilala, Bimal Krishna. 1998. The Character of Logic in India, eds. Jonardon Ganeri and Heeraman Tiwari, Series: SUNY Series in Indian Thought, Texts and Studies. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

    5. Datta, D. M. 1997. The Six Ways of Knowing: A Critical Study of the Advaita Theory of Knowledge. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

    6. Rao, Srinivasa. 1998. Perceptual Error: The Indian Theories, Series: Monographs of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, No. 15, Book 16. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press.

    7. Dasgupta, Surendranath. 2000. History of Indian Philosophy, 5 Volumes Set. New Delhi: Motilal Bnarsidass, (relevant portions).

    8. Potter, Karl H. 2011. The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Currently in 19 Volumes. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, (relevant portions).

    SEMESTER-II Paper: PHL 803C

    CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

    Credits: 4 (3+1+0)

    Unit I Introduction: Greek political thought; The social contract tradition of political thought:Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau; The utilitarian tradition of political thought: Bentham,Mill; Marxs radical challenge of liberalism

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    Unit II Contemporary liberalism: Rawlsian liberal egalitarian justice theory; Nozicks libertarian critique of liberalism;

    Unit III Contemporary secularism: Western secularism; Indian secularism Reading List :

    1. Bailey, Andrew, and others. 2012. The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: Essential Readings. New York: Broadway Press.

    2. Pettit, Philip, and Robert E. Goodin, eds. 1997. Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

    3. Kymlicka, Will. 2002. Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction, Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    4. Christman, John. 2002. Social and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction, Series: Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy. London: Routledge.

    5. Bhargava, Rajeev, and Ashok Acharya. 2012. Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Education India, (relevant articles).

    6. Gaus, Gerald F., and Fred DAgostino, eds. 2013. The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy, Series: Routledge Philosophy Companions. New York: Routledge, (relevant articles).

    7. Goodin, Robert E., Phillip Pettit and Thomas W. Pogge, eds. 2012. A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy, Series name: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, (relevant articles).

    8. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/ (relevant articles).

    SEMESTER-II Paper: PHL 804C

    ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY

    Credits: 4 (3+1+0)

    Unit I The Ideal Language Phase I: The linguistic turn of Moore, Russell and Frege; Ideal language and logical atomism of Russell and Wittgenstein; Theory of descriptions of Frege and Russell; Wittgensteins picture theory of meaning in the Tractatus

    Unit II The Ideal Language Phase II: Vienna circles logical positivism: Verification and falsification; critique of logical positivism

    Unit III The Ordinary Language Phase: Later Wittgensteins notions of family resemblance, form of life and the use theory of meaning; Austins speech act theory.

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    Reading List :

    1. Martinich, A. P., and David Sosa, eds. 2011. Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology, Second Edition. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

    2. Glock, Hans-Johann, ed. 1997. The Rise of Analytic Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell. 3. Glock, Hans-Johann. 2008. What is Analytic Philosophy?. Cambridge: Cambridge University

    Press. 4. Schwartz, Stephen P. 2012. A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy: From Russell to Rawls.

    Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. 5. Stroll, Avrum. 2000. Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy. New York: Columbia University

    Press. 6. Mandik, Pete. 2014. This is Philosophy of Mind: An Introduction. Malden, MA: Wiley-

    Blackwell. 7. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/

    (relevant articles).

    SEMESTER-III Paper: PHL 901C

    PROBLEMS IN INDIAN MORAL AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

    Credits: 4 (3+1+0)

    Unit I Dharma: Indian metaphysics of human existence in terms of karma-dharma-moksa; The place of virtuous life within this metaphysical scheme in Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism and Jainism;The ideal of niskamakarma; Is Indian ethics fatalistic?

    Unit II Varnsrama Dharma: The social scheme of varnasrama dharma; The purusartha scheme of gradation of human goods within the varnasrama dharma social scheme; Varna dharma and sadharan dharma

    Unit III Caste and Untouchability: Untouchability and the ethics of purity; Critique of the varnasrama scheme; The ability/aptitude account of varnasrama defended by Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi; Is the ability account defendable in terms of the modern social ethos?; Dr. Ambedkars attack against the varnasrama social scheme; Daya Krishnas criticism of the purusartha scheme; Possibility of Indian ethics independent of the varnasrama-dharma-pursusartha scheme; Social egalitarianism in the Bhakti movement and practical Vedanta. Reading List :

    1. Prasad, Rajendra. 2008. History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, Vol. XII, Part 1: A Conceptual-Analytic Study of Classical Indian Philosophy of Morals. New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations.

    2. Prasad, Rajendra, ed. 2009. History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, Vol. XII, Part 2: A Conceptual-Analytic Study of Classical Indian Philosophy of Morals. New

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    Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations. 3. Perrett, Roy W. 1998. Hindu Ethics: A Philosophical Study. Honolulu, HI: University of

    Hawaii Press. 4. Billimoria, Purusottama, Joseph Prabhu, and Renuka M. Sharma. 2007. Indian Ethics:

    Classical Traditions and Contemporary Challenges, Vol. 1. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing.

    5. Ambedkar, B. R. 2014. Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition. New Delhi: Navyana.

    6. Sharma, Urmila, and S. K. Sharma. 1996. Indian Political Thought. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers.

    7. Coward, Harold. 2003. Gandhi, Ambedker and Untouchability. In Indian Critiques of Gandhi, ed. Harold Coward, 41-66. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

    8. Dasgupta, Surendranath. 2000. History of Indian Philosophy, 5 Volumes Set. New Delhi: Motilal Bnarsidass, (relevant portions).

    9. Potter, Karl H. 2011. The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Currently in 19 Volumes. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, (relevant portions).

    SEMESTER-III Paper: PHL 902C

    ASIAN PHILOSOPHY

    Credits: 4 (3+1+0)

    Unit I Zoroastrianism: Ahura Mazda and Ahriman

    Unit II Taoism: The concept of Tao

    Unit III Cofucianism: Moral teachings of the Analects

    Unit IV Islam: Basic philosophical teachings, Sufism

    Unit V Shintoism: The concept of Kami

    Reading List:

    1. Boyce, M.: Zoroastrians, Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987

    2. Chan, W: A Sourcebook of Chinese Philosophy, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963 3. Fakhry, M: A History of Islamic Philosophy, London, Longmans, 1983 4. Nakamura, H: A History of the Development of Japanese Thought, 2 Volumes, Tokyo:

    Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1967

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    SEMESTER III Paper: PHL 903C

    PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIALISM

    (Credits: 3+1+0) Unit I Husserls descriptive science of phenomenology; Structure of intentionality; Epoche or phenomenological reduction; Constitution of things; Time, space, self (transcendental ego), others (intersubjectivity)

    Unit II Existentialism as foreshadowed in Kierkegaards notions of subjectivity as truth and the leap of faith, and Nietzsches notions of the death of God, nihilism and the overman; Heidegger Existential phenomenology: hermeneutics and ontology; Everydayness: Structures of Being-in-the-world and disclosedness; Authenticity: Being-towards-death, anticipatory resoluteness and temporality

    Unit III Sartre Existentialism; Being-for-itself and being-in-itself; Being and nothingness; Bad faith; Authenticity and freedom characteristics; perception; freedom Reading List :

    1. Moran, Dermot, and Timothy Mooney, eds. 2002. The Phenomenology Reader. London: Routledge.

    2. Kauffman, Walter, ed. 1975. Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre, Revised and Expanded Edition. New York: Penguin.

    3. Moran, Dermot. 2000. Introduction to Phenomenology. London: Routledge. 4. Lewis, Michael, and Tanja Staehler. 2010. Phenomenology: An Introduction. London:

    Continuum. 5. Barrett, William. 1990. The Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy. New York:

    Anchor Books. 6. Oaklander, Nathan L. 1995. Existential Philosophy: An Introduction, Second Edition. Upper

    Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. 7. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/

    (relevant articles).

    SEMESTER III Paper: PHL 904C

    PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

    (Credits: 3+1+0) Unit I- Nature of Religion: Understanding the concept of religion and the philosophy of religion; Different religious theologies like polytheism, animism, monotheism, monism, pantheism, panentheism, deism; Religious pluralism and religious absolutism; Science

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    Unit II- Nature of the Ultimate: Arguments for and against the existence of God: Indian and western; Isvara and Brahman distinction; Revelation and faith; The concept of apauriseya, sabda and its authority; Theories of creation: Indian and Western Unit III- Nature of Religious language: Unit IV- Human Destiny: Immortality of the soul; Karma and reincarnation; God-human relation; Problem of evil (theodicy) Reading List:

    1. Eshleman, Andrew, ed. 2008. Readings in the Philosophy of Religion: East Meets West. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

    2. Clark, Kelly James, ed. 2008. Readings in the Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition. New York: Broadview Press.

    3. Zagzebski, Linda, and Timothy D. Miller, eds. Readings in Philosophy of Religion: Ancient to Contemporary. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

    4. Hick, John H. 1991. Philosophy of Religion, Fourth Edition. New Delhi: Prentice Hall. 5. Murray, Michael J., and Michael C. Rea. 2008. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion.

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 6. Ramamurty, A. 2002. Indian Philosophy of Religion, Series: Hyderabad Studies in

    Philosophy. Delhi: D. K. Printworld. 7. Perrett, R. W., ed. 1989. Indian Philosophy of religion, Series: Studies in Philosophy and

    Religion. New York: Springer. 8. Taliaferro, Charles, Paul Draper and Phillip L. Quinn, eds. 2010. A Companion to Philosophy

    of Religion, Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. 9. Copleston, Frederick. 1993. A History of Philosophy, 11 Volumes. New York: Image. 10. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/

    (relevant articles).

    SEMESTER IV Paper: PHL 1001C

    CONTEMPORARY INDIAN THOUGHT

    (Credits: 3+1+0)

    Unit I- Vivekananda Practical Vedanta and universal religion; Nationalism; Aurobindo reality as sat-cit-ananda, three phases of evolution of the Absolute, mind and super-mind, integral yoga Unit II- Tagore The surplus in humans; philosophy of art; religion and artist;

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    Unit III- K. C. Bhattacharya The Absolute and Its alternative forms, subject as freedom, Unit IV- Radhakrishnan God and the Absolute; the idealist view of life Unit V- M. K. Gandhi: Truth; Satyagraha; Swaraj; Sarvodaya; Trusteeship; Critique of modern civilization; Inter-religious dialogue and tolerance; Nation Reading List:

    1. Radhakrishnan, S., and Muirhead, J. H. 1936. Contemporary Indian Philosophy. London: Macmillan (readings).

    2. Guha, Ramachandra. ed. 2011. The Makers of Modern India. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press (readings).

    3. Raju, P. T. 2008. Idealistic Thought of India. Abingdon: Routledge. 4. Lal, Basant Kumar. 2010. Contemporary Indian Philosophy. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. 5. Singh, Mahendra Prasad, and Himanshu Roy, eds. 2011. Indian Political Thought: Themes

    and Thinkers. Noida: Dorling Kindersley (India).

    SEMESTER IV Paper: PHL 1002C

    RECENT TRENDS IN CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY

    (Credits: 3+1+0)

    Unit I- Hermeneutics: Gadamer prejudice, tradition, understanding and fusion of horizon; Ricoeur the narrative view of self and identity; Discourse, agency, action, time, memory, history Unit II- Critical Theory: Its emancipatory vision and differences from traditional Marxism; Horkheimers critique of ideology; Adornos negative dialectics; Marcuses one-dimensional society; Habermas and universal pragmatics, critique and practical action Unit III- Postmodernism: Lyotards definition of postmodernism; Poststructuralism and postmodernism; Differences with modernity; Foucaults notion of power-knowledge and the death of the subject; Derridas critique of the metaphysics of presence, and his notion of difference; Habermass critique of postmodernism Reading List:

    1. McNeill, William, and Karen S. Feldman, eds. 1998. Continental Philosophy: An Anthology. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

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    2. West, David. 2010. Continental Philosophy: An Introduction. Cambridge: Polity Press. 3. Porter, Stanley E., and Jason Robinson. 2011. Hermeneutics: An Introduction to Interpretive

    Theory. Cambridge: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. 4. Malpas, Simon, and Paul Wake, eds. 2006. The Routledge Companion to Critical Theory.

    Abingdon: Routledge. 5. Sarup, Madan. 1993. An Introductory Guide to Post-Structuralism, Second Edition. Athens,

    GA: Georgia University Press. 6. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/

    (relevant articles).

    SEMESTER IV Paper: PHL 1003C

    FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY

    (Credits: 3+1+0)

    Unit I- Introduction to Feminist philosophy; Sex, gender, sexuality, sexual difference Unit II- Feminist ontology: Essentialism and constructionism; Critique of representation; Feminist theory of self-identity Unit III- Feminist epistemology: Method of feminist epistemology; Critique of knowledge; Critique of philosophical knowledge; Feminism and science Unit IV- Feminist ethics and politics: Critique of traditional ethics; Care ethics; Public-private distinction; Politics and the private Reading List:

    1. Bailey, Alison, and Chuomo Chris, eds. 2008. The Feminist Philosophy Reader. New York: MacGraw-Hill.

    2. Garry, Ann, and Marilyn Pearsall, eds. 1996. Women, Knowledge, and Reality: Explorations in Feminist Philosophy. New York: Routledge (readings)

    3. Fricker, Miranda, and Jennifer Hornsby, eds. 2000. The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    4. Schott, Robin May. 2003. Discovering Feminist Philosophy: Knowledge, Ethics, Politics. Lanham, MA: Rowman and Littlefield.

    5. Kourany, Janet A. 1998. Philosophy in a Feminist Voice: Critiques and Reconstructions. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

    6. Stone, Alison. 2007. An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy. Cambridge: Polity Press. 7. Jagger, Alison M., and Iris Marion Young, eds. 2000. A Companion to Feminist Philosophy,

    Series: Blackwell Companion to Philosophy. Malden, MA: Blackwell. 8. Donovan, Josephine. 2012. Feminist Theory: The Intellectual Traditions, Fourth Edition.

    London: Continuum.

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    9. Rich, Jennifer. 2007. Modern Feminist Theory: An Introduction. Tirril, UK: Humanities E- Books.

    10. Stanley, Liz, and Sue Wise. 1993. Breaking Out Again: Feminist Ontology and Epistemology, Second Edition. London: ROutledge & Kegan Paul.

    11. Tanesini, Alessandra. 1999. An Introduction to Feminist Epistemologies. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

    12. Lindemann, Hilde. 2005. An Invitation to Feminist Ethics. New York: MacGraw-Hill. 13. Bryson, Valerie. 2003. Feminist Political Theory: An Introduction, Second Edition. New York:

    Palgrave Macmillan. 14. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/

    (relevant articles).

    SEMESTER IV Paper: PHL 1004C

    RESEARCH PAPER

    (Credits: 0+2+2)

    1. 8 hrs of work per week for the whole semester 2. A research paper on a suitable philosophical theme of about 10,000 words composed in

    a proper philosophy paper format 3. Appropriate referencing style is to be followed (preferably, the Chicago Manuel of Style

    Notes-Bibliography format; a ready reference is available here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/1300991022_717.pdf

    ELECTIVE PAPERS

    Elective Paper: PHL 1201E

    PRACTICAL ETHICS (Credits: 2+1+0)

    Unit I- Life: Suicide; Abortion; Euthanasia; Capital punishment; War Unit II- Equality: Intrinsic worth of nature; Animal rights; Rights of children; Rights of the disabled; Economic rights (of the disadvantaged); Racial and caste discrimination; Ethics of affirmative action (reservation) Unit III- Other debates: The gene revolution and cloning; Nationalism, rights of foreigners and right to secession; Corruption and whistleblowing; Terrorism

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    Reading List:

    1. Singer, Peter, ed. 1986. Applied Ethics, Series: Oxford Readings in Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    2. Camp, Julie C. Van, Jeffrey Olen, and Vincent Barry, eds. 2013. Applying Ethics: A Text with Readings, Eleventh Edition. Stamford, CT: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

    3. May, Larry, Kai Wong, and Jill Delgston. 2010. Applied Ethics: A Multicultural Approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

    4. Frey, R. G., and Christopher Heath Wellman, eds. 2005. A Companion to Applied Ethics, Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

    5. Almond, Brenda, ed. 1995. Introducing Applied Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell. 6. Lafollette, Hugh, ed. 2003. The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics. Oxford: Oxford

    University Press. 7. Singer, Peter. 2011. Practical Ethics, Third Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 8. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/

    (relevant articles).

    Elective Paper: PHL 1202E PHILOSOPHY OF ART

    (Credits: 2+1+0)

    Unit I- Platonic and Aristotelian theories of art Unit II- Aesthetic philosophies of Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche Unit III- Aesthetics of Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Sartre Reading List:

    1. Cahn, Steve, Aaron Meskin, eds. 2008. Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

    2. Cazeaux, Clive ed. The Continental Aesthetics Reader. Abingdon: Routledge. 3. Lamargue, Peter, and Stein Haugom Olsen. 2003. Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art: The

    Analytics Tradition An Anthology. Malden, MA: Blackwell. 4. Wood, Robert E. 1999. Placing Aesthetics: Reflections on Philosophic Tradition. Athens, OH:

    Ohio University Press. 5. Beardsley, Monroe C. 1975. Aesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present: A Short History.

    Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. 6. Lewis, Peter. 2004. Wittgenstein, Aesthetics, and Philosophy. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate

    Publishing. 7. Copleston, Frederick. 1993. A History of Philosophy, 11 Volumes. New York: Image.

    (relevant portions). 8. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/

    (relevant articles).

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    Elective Paper: PHL 1203E PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

    (Credits: 2+1+0)

    Unit I- Introduction: Nature of philosophy of science; Inductive probability Unit II- Poppers Philosophy of Science: Falsifiability; Accumulation of human knowledge; Probability, knowledge and verisimilitude Unit III- Kuhns philosophy of science: The idea of the development of science; the concept of paradigm; Incommensurability; Paradigm shift; Kuhn and the social sciences. Reading List:

    1. Popper, Karl. 2002. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. New York: Routledge. 2. Kuhn, Thomas S. 2012. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition.

    Chicago, IL: The Chicago University Press. 3. Gattei, Stefano. 2009. Karl Poppers Philosophy of Science: Rationality without Foundations.

    New York: Routledge. 4. Hoyningen-Guene, Paul. 1993. Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thoms S. Kuhns 5. Philosophy of Science, trans. Alex Levine. Chicago, IL: The Chicago University Press. 6. Fuller, Steve. 2004. Kuhn Vs. Popper: The Struggle for the Soul of Science, Series: 7. Revolutions in Science. New York: Columbia University Press. 8. Rosenberg, Alex. 2012. Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction. New York:

    Routledge. 9. Zalta, Edward N. ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/

    (relevant articles).

    Elective Paper: PHL 1204E

    SANKARA VEDANTA (Credits: 2+1+0)

    Unit I- The three-tier structure of consciousness of the system of Advaita: pratibhasika, vyavaharika, paramarthika; The doctrine of Brahmans absolute reality and the relative unreality of the world and jiva; Establishing the system through the criticism of rival systems like Samkhya, Vaisesika, Buddhism, Jainism and Mimamsa Unit II- The World of Maya: Nirguna Brahman; Maya; Adhyasa; Avarana sakti and viksepasakti; Rejection of Samkhyas prakrti as the (jada) cause of the universe; Cetana-Brahman as the material and efficient cause of the universe; theory of causation Unit III- Nature of the jiva; Jivanmukti;; The higher and the lower teachings of the Prasthanatrayi; The relative importance of reason and Sruti; Jnana as the means to

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    Reading List :

    1. Sankara. 1965. Brahma Sutra Bhasya, trans. Swami Gambhirananda. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama.

    2. Rangaswami, Sudhakshina, ed. 2012. The Roots of Vedanta: Selections from Sankaras Writings. New Delhi: Penguin.

    3. Sundaram, P. K., 1981. Advaita and Other Systems. Madras: University of Madras. 4. Pande, Govind Chandra. 1998. Life and Thought of Sankaracarya. New Delhi: Motilal

    Banarsidass. 5. Mahadevan, T. M. P. 2011. The Philosophy of Advaita. Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. 6. Isayeva, Natalia. 1992. Shankara and Indian Philosophy, Series: SUNY Series in Religious

    Studies. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. 7. Dasgupta, Surendranath. 2000. History of Indian Philosophy, 5 Volumes Set. New Delhi:

    Motilal Banarsidass, (relevant portions). 8. Potter, Karl H. 2011. The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Currently in 19 Volumes.

    New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, (relevant portions).

    Elective Paper: PHL 1205E GANDHIAN THOUGHT

    (Credits: 2+1+0) Unit I- Gandhis ideas of knowledge, truth and love; Understanding of culture and tradition; Understanding of the relationship between self, world and God. Unit II- Moral foundations of good life; Swaraj, satyagraha and ahimsa; Brahmacarya and sexuality; Religion, spiritual practice and service; Means-end relationship; Critique of modern civilization. Unit III- Community and fellowship; The good society; Statelessness (anarchism), rural republic; trusteeship, sarvodaya, panchayati raj; Idea of India; Hindu-Muslim unity; Religious Reading List :

    1. Johnson, Richard L., , ed. 2006. Gandhis Experiments with Truth: Essential Writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi. Oxford: Lexington Books.

    2. Parel, Anthony J., ed. 1997. Gandhi: Hind Swaraj and Other Writings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    3. Bhikhu, Parekh. 1991. Gandhis Political Philosophy. New Delhi: Macmillan. 4. Allen, Doughlas, ed. 2008. The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi for the Twenty-First Century.

    Oxford: Lexington Books. 5. Parel, Anthony J., 2007. Gandhis Philosophy and the Quest for Harmony. Cambridge:

    Cambridge University Press. 6. Parekh, Bhikhu. 2000. Colonialism, Tradition and Reform: An Analysis of Gandhis Political

    Discourse. New Delhi: Sage. 7. Richards, Glyn. 1995. The Philosophy of Gandhi: A Study of his Basic Ideas. Abingdon:

    Routledge.